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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 507 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/146-148
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Letter from WSC to Sir Walter Citrine [General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions] informing him that it was not desirable to have land mines with parachute attachments discussed in the press; censors have kept them secret to avoid giving Germany a huge advantage.

Dates: 12 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/178
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Letter from WSC to Major David Davies [Deputy Editor, News of the World] on a misleading article, entitled "With plenty of bombs we shall smash Berlin" [Germany] about WSC's most recent broadcast [9 February 1941 "Give us the tools"].

Dates: 30 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21C/298
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Letter from WSC to Jacques Duchesne [Michel Saint- Denis, head of French section, BBC] thanking him for his translation of WSC's speech to the Allied Representatives on 12 June ["Our stolid, stubborn strength"].

Dates: 20 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Feb 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/27
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Telegram from Louis Alber [President of the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, confirming booking of a 15 minute broadcast from Boston [United States] on 10 March, at a fee of 1,000 dollars.

Dates: 21 Feb 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Feb 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/29-30
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Letter from Louis Alber, President of the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on an itinerary for his lecture tour of the United States, confirming an offer from Columbia Broadcasting Company, of 1,000 dollars for a talk, stating that this was a great disappointment, as he had been hoping to secure a deal for three broadcasts at a fee of 7,000 dollars.

Dates: 17 Feb 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Feb 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/32
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Telegram from Louis Alber [President of the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on an offer from [the Columbia Broadcast Company], of 1,000 dollars for a broadcast, asking if he wished to accept, annotated with WSC's reply asking Alber to try to secure a three broadcast deal, but otherwise to accept.

Dates: 17 Feb 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Feb] [1932]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/35
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Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] on his lecture tour of the United States, instructing Alber to accept an offer of a broadcast [with the Columbia Broadcasting Company for 1,000 dollars]. [Copy].

Dates: [Feb] [1932]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/65
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Telegram from Paul Hollister, (Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn Incorporated, Madison Avenue, New York [United States]) to WSC, asking for details of subjects to be covered in his forthcoming broadcast, to help with advance publicity.

Dates: 03 Mar 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Mar 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/66-79
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Transcripts of interview between WSC and Edwin Hill for the Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] broadcast on the Hart Schaffner and Marx Trumpeters radio programme, 10 March, on subjects including WSC's road accident, superstition, the future chances of war, the world depression, the importance of co-operation between the English-speaking peoples and the strength of the monarchy; also includes list of preparatory questions.

Dates: 09 Mar 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/214
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Letter from Cesar Saerchinger, Director, European Service, Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] to Violet Pearman [Private Secretary to WSC], on the possibility of WSC making a radio broadcast on India during his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: 23 Mar 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/217
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Letter from [Violet Pearman, Private Secretary to WSC] to Cesar Saerchinger, [Director, European Service], Columbia Broadcasting System, [CBS] declining his invitation for WSC to address the United States by transatlantic radio. [Carbon].

Dates: 21 Mar 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Mar 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/218
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Letter from Cesar Saerchinger, Director, European Service, Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] to WSC, inviting him to address the United States by transatlantic radio.

Dates: 19 Mar 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/20
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Telegram from Fiorello LaGuardia [Mayor of New York City] to WSC inviting him to address, by radio, a conference of the heads of United States cities.

Dates: 15 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jan 1942 - 05 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/64/1-20
Scope and Contents Correspondence between Alfred Clark, Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited, Anthony Bevir, Francis Brown [Private Secretaries to WSC], WSC and Alan Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Information] on putting further issues of WSC's speeches, 1941-42, on gramophone record by the Gramophone Company, the United Broadcasting Company of Chicago [United States], and the Columbia Company, with royalties to be paid to the Feathers Clubs; unauthorised editions produced by Audio...
Dates: 07 Jan 1942 - 05 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Dec 1942 - 10 Dec 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/64/24-31
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Correspondence between Alfred Clark, Chairman of the Gramophone Company Limited, Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] and WSC on recordings of speeches by WSC and Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] and correspondence between Bevir, Rutherford Tippetts [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Supply] and Bernard Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information] about provision of paper or woodpulp in making the album of speeches.

Dates: 01 Dec 1942 - 10 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/38/123
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Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] accepting invitation of Honorary Degree from University of Rochester [United States]; and confirming that he will make speech to University on June 16. [see CHAR 20/38/76 .].

Dates: 14 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/49
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Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC thanking him for agreeing to broadcast on the launching of Canada's New War Loan.

Dates: 29 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 05 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/81-83
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander -in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC listing ground and air forces used for "Exporter" [codename for Allied and Free French advance into Syria] and "Bruiser"; and complaining of BBC coverage of de Gaulle's [secret] trip to Palestine [later Israel].

Dates: 05 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/280
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Letter from WSC to Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] on the cancellation of his broadcast on the miners, and its replacement with a broadcast on the Soviet Treaty by Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon].

Dates: 14 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/60/93
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Letter from James Stuart [Government Chief Whip] to WSC, passing on congratulations from MPs and ministers on his recent broadcast [10 May] and parliamentary opposition to the Beveridge plan [? of social insurance].

Dates: 12 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 May 1942 - 28 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/62/45-46
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Letter by Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information] to WSC complaining about a broadcast made by Lord Wedgwood to the United States on anti-Semitism in Britain and Palestine, which was missed by the censor; annotated by WSC "make sure he [the censor] is not employed again"; with cutting from the Daily Mail, 27 May.

Dates: 27 May 1942 - 28 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/20/1-2
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Letter from King George VI (Sandringham [Norfolk]) to WSC on the improvement in his health after a rest at Sandringham; mentions a prospective visit to Sheffield [Yorkshire] and thanks WSC for his help with the Christmas Day broadcast. [signed manuscript].

Dates: 02 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Nov 1941]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/24/39
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Letter from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [? Minister of Supply, earlier Max Aitken] to WSC on a recent broadcast he feels won over United States opinion.

Dates: [Nov 1941]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/25/19-21
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Letter from Sir Walter Citrine, General Secretary, Trades Union Congress and [President of the International Federation of Trade Unions], to Anthony Bevir, Private Secretary to WSC, protesting at censorship of his proposed broadcast to the United States and Canada on the indiscriminate character of German bombing; with a note by Bevir.

Dates: 06 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1941 - 15 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/32/33-38
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Correspondence between Prime Minister's Office and Alfred Clark, Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited (Hayes, Middlesex) on the issue of further gramophone records of WSC's speeches. Includes note and carbon of letter from Anthony Bevir, Prime Minister's Private Secretary, along with details of the broadcasts to be included.

Dates: 03 Mar 1941 - 15 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open